On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
> > The plugged-in CPU card was a bit odd. It was 1986/1987 vintage and
> > appeared to have Z80000-series chips (yes, that has the right number of
> > zeros). I remember Zilog making a Z80000, but I don't know any details.
Well, I'm now the proud new owner of this forsaken beast, and having taken
a close look at the CPU card I see no Z80000 chip. Just a Z8001 and a
Z8010 and a bunch of other Z8xxx support chips. However, it is tagged
with a Zilog asset sticker and it will be interesting to find out what's
on the three tapes I got with it besides the Zeus operating system.
> > Was it Z8000-compatible? This particular machine is labeled as a Zilog
> > asset, so there's a chance it includes goodies that didn't make it into
> > the real world.
>
> I'd heard that the Z80,000 (Zilog always put the comma in) was either
> never sold or only sold in prototype quantities. Sounds like you have
> quite a find there...
Unfortunately not, but it was still worth the $100 I paid for it as its in
great shape and was complete. It has two SMD drives and a tape drive,
plus spare boards.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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